Basic Computer Maintenance

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Basic Computer

Maintenance

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•_{Clean and Cool}

•_{Deleting Temporary Files} •_Scandisk

• Backup Your Data

How to run scandisk?

_{Click on}

Start-Programs-

System Tools-Scandisk.

_{Click on Start-Run. In the Run field type scandisk,}

press OK or press the Enter key.

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Defragment your Hard Drive

What is

Defragmentation?_• _{When you create and delete files and} applications on your computer the hard drive will become fragmented.

• Data is split into chunks and stored in different areas of the hard disk.

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How to Defrag Your Harddrive

•_{Stop using your computer while}

you are defragmenting the drive.

•Stop all programs running including your screen saver.

•Run this program overnight

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How to Defrag Your Harddrive

Windows 95/98/98SE/Millennium

• Click on the Start button, then move to the Programs, select Accessories, then

System Tools, and then click on the Disk Defragmenter

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Windows 2000/XP

• Click Start, point to All Programs,

point to Accessories then System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter.

• Click the drive you want to defragment,

click the Defragment button and then wait for

the defragmentation tool to finish (this may take a long time).

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Hard Disk Error Checking Virus Checker

Uninstall Software

Clean Out Your Recycle Bin

Emptying the Recycle Bin

Emptying Your Deleted Email

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General Computer Tips

The Golden Rule: When all else fails, REBOOT.

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Unknown Emails

Unknown File Downloads

Incompatible Hardware and Software

Random Deletion of Files General Computer Tips

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Windows Update

Starting Windows Update

MS Windows XP / 2000

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Computer Viruses

What is a virus?

• a computer program designed to replicate and spread on its own, preferably without a user’s knowledge

How do viruses spread?

• Computer viruses spread whenever infected diskettes or files are exchanged.

•_{Exchanging computer disks or}

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How can you protect yourself from viruses?

• Have an Antivirus program installed on your computer

•_{Regularly scan the computer for viruses (at}

least once a week).

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•Keep updated in regards to the latest security patches for your operating

systems and applications

•_{Do not open email attachments that}

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FDISK

How do I utilize FDISK?

The program that DOS supplies for setting up hard disk partitions is called FDISK,

which is believed to? stand for "fixed disk", an older term for hard disk. FDISK is used only for DOS (FAT) partitioning, and allows the user to perform the following functions:

Create Partitions

Set Active Partition

Delete Partitions

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FDISK

• With just a few keystrokes,

FDISK can wipe out part or all of your hard disk

•_{don't use FDISK unless you need}

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Steps for partitioning a hard drive using FDISK

1. If you're in Windows, open a DOS window.

2. From the C:\ prompt, type "FDISK"

and press ENTER.

3. If you're changing the partitions

on an existing disk, choose

option 4 from the FDISK

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4. If all of the space on the drive is already partitioned, you will

need to use FDISK menu option ( 3 ) to remove existing partitions

before creating new ones.

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6. If you only want to have one partition on the drive, type Y when prompted to make one large partition. If making

multiple partitions, type N.

7. Enter the size for the partition if you selected N in step 6.

8. To create an extended

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9. Press enter to use all remaining available space for the partition.

10. Create logical drives on the extended partition by entering the desired size(s) in MB or percent of disk space.

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12. If you will be booting from this disk,

choose option 2 from the FDISK Menu and enter 1 to make the primary

DOS partition ACTIVE.

13. Press the ESC key to exit FDISK. If running from Windows 9x, you must manually reboot your PC at this point. You must format all partitions

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Partition Tips

1. If you are using a 16 bit OS (Windows 3.x or DOS), do not use the

maximum available size for your Primary DOS Partition on a drive larger

than 2GB

2. Make a good backup of all of the data on the drive. FDISK will destroy all existing data on the drive.

3. There are utilities (e.g., Partition

Magic) that can re-partition existing

drives without destroying data

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Format

NOTE:

In some earlier versions of DOS, the drive designation letter was optional. If you are using one of these

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Format Commands

/? Shows all format command

Example :

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